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Kidsatm
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:39 pm
How about an entertaining social experiment?
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:41 pm
Ahhhh but Big Brother is to spy not to influence.
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Mssas
Member
08-04-2006
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:44 pm
I don't think even the powers @ Big Brother will be able to save this season. It's just a matter of time..I think it's run it's course also. If this is all they can come up with from the millions of people that probably apply...doesn't look to good. It's just gradually going downhill every season.
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Justalittlebean
Member
08-15-2003
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:44 pm
That is true Csnog, Big Brother is to spy and that's it. Big Brother has no business messing with the outcome of the game.

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Bigfan
Member
06-09-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:44 pm
I think it is both a social experiment and entertainment! The reason I think most of the house team vote is because most of these houseguests have never been a bigbrother fan. They vote in a group because they don't know how to play the game. Heck, I've been watching this game so long that I know that I sound confused!
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Jooleechenlvr
Member
04-21-2004
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:46 pm
Why have a HOH competition? Just let the producers pick out the least entertaining one each week and boot them.. Seems like thats what they want.
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Jooleechenlvr
Member
04-21-2004
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:47 pm
Mssas, Just think 3 of these people didn't even apply for this season..
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Bigfan
Member
06-09-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:49 pm
I guess that I am just in a jaded mood today but I think the producers lead the HOH competitions to get the HOH they want in. They have had a few hickies but the games are slanted.
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Missy2
Member
07-31-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:53 pm
So right Jimmer!!
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Jooleechenlvr
Member
04-21-2004
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:55 pm
I have been in that mood as well since I read that it looked like Eric was staying after Amber made him feel 2 years old yesterday and nobody would talk to him and now today everyone is his best buddy and his overloaded potty mouth has started back.. lets see, someone can fly a banner and say you are a liar, you can get called out by Amber on a lie that you spread but its okay with everyone and we are going to vote out an attactive, sweet, christian woman because she is boring to TV.. I am just letting off steam because it makes me so mad that one of my favorite reality shows along with (Survivor, Amazing Race)is tilting like the Titanic and I hate to see that.. I look so forward to this show every summer and love to see REAL people and not Hollywood wannabes.. WOW that makes me feel better..
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Bigfan
Member
06-09-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 2:57 pm
Okay, let me say that I love this show. I like it best with everyday, not showbiz hopefuls. Even if they are scripted to a degree, if you put that many people in a house, with only the same people day after day, they get nutty, they do nutty things that they would not do in the real world. I love my family, enjoy spending time with them but if you locked me in a house for 3 months without talking to my friends, watching tv, reading....on a on. I would be a basket case plain and simple. I believe myself to be a normal person and heck, I don't think some of these houseguest are. So, I will cut the house guest some slack and enjoy the show.
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Hera
Member
07-31-2007
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:01 pm
I agree with you Seamonkey. The enemies twist busted pretty quick. I think they just want to save this twist. If Eric does win HOH and it turns out to be a double eviction week, then something is fishy.
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Fitzmefine
Member
08-31-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:03 pm
Acutally if you read the book 1984, Big Brother controlled everything and definitely tried to control the people's thoughts as well as their actions, beliefs and really every aspect of their lives. If the show were like the book, Big Brother would be telling each person who to nominate and who to vote out!
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Wavelength
Member
07-25-2007
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:13 pm
Fitz, I totally agree. As a matter of fact they would not get away with the things they do. Dick and Danielle are purposely telling BB to get off thier backs, more so than I have seen in any other year since the beginning. Dick repeats DR conversations until they yell "Cut it out Dick!" and Danielle flings her bunny ears off all the time while mocking them. Have they signed their life away or can they still use the 1st ammendment for everything? Just curious.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:30 pm
Of course the Houseguests have the right to say what they want to. And BB has the right to kick them off the show and not provide them with a stage to say it. So did the DR use threats to get Amber to switch or is Amber just easily manipulated by the DR asking "innocent" questions? Because IMO if Amber is that easily manipulated then she probably didn't want to do it all that much in the first place. They couldn't manipulate Jen on S6 but I'm almost 100% certain that they tried everything possible to get her not to nominate Kaysar (the most popular HG by far and the beneficiary of their big twist to return a HG to the house). So if a HG wants to do something, the DR can't stop them.
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Gumby909
Member
08-20-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:38 pm
It all depends on how BB words things in the diary room. Do they say things like "What do you think of Eric?"... or do they say things like "Seems Eric has your back and you and Eric get along great, what do you think of him?" That is how they get the snippets that we see from the DR. But they can also easily egg people on, Do you really want Eric out? How will that effect your strategy? Aren't you a power of 5 now? Wouldn't it be better to keep Eric?.......
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:43 pm
I think the show benefits from BB's manipulation of the HGs. I also believe the concept of BB is to control every aspect of the "society" inside the house... and that includes inducing/swaying/influencing (pick your own word) the houseguests for their own (BB's own) purpose. That is what Big Brother means!!!
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 3:45 pm
Jimmer, Amber may be a step behind but she catches up just on time... When Dick first told her Eric has something on her she didn't panic at first then during the night she must have thought about it and the next day all hell broke loose. She thought again that what Dustin said about having the 'numbers' made sense to her more than getting rid of Eric and so after thinking about she wants to reconsider and wants to keep him. The DR may have helped her along in figuring things out (because she just came out of the DR when she told Justin maybe it's best to keep Eric). And about Eric having almost given up on the game he sprang to life just when he came back from the DR and went up to Dani's HOH room to get them all back. Sure they are free to do what they want but BB must open their eyes when they need to.. 
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Csnog
Member
07-18-2002
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 4:05 pm
If BB has total control over the HG's then they also know the outcome and they "Alison" has decided the final 2. There are many BB situations out in the real world. We have them on street corners, in the shops, casinos and even here where our isp is known but are we influenced by knowing that? Are we told what to say and do because of a BB atmosphere? Are they doing the same to the HG's or is the entertainment industry taking us for a ride. Do you think BB should influence the HG's?
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:17 pm
I find it interesting that BB thinks it's OK to interfere with the game when THEY do it (as so obviously happened in the DR with Eric yesterday), but they have hissy fits when an external force "interferes" (the banners). I'm so over this year. I may not even watch it any more. And I am definitely not watching the LFs.
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Stopjustwatchin
Member
08-19-2005
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:30 pm
Costa, good point. But, it is called BIG BROTHER for a reason. The whole point of the original creation was that Big Brother is there to control their every move - that's what Big Brother does. So, BB is just asserting its control over the game.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:34 pm
No doubt that BB influences the game. However, they can only influence it so much. It is the HG's decision on how they vote.
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Ddfan
Member
08-04-2007
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:38 pm
I'm so over this year. I may not even watch it any more. And I am definitely not watching the LFs. I'm also done with BB...cbs went too far this time. I hope the ratings sink to all time low after this... i know it wont happen, but i sure wish!
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Michmal
Member
07-19-2007
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:49 pm
I think this is so bad...they have just made this show officially the worst one...the LNC now will sit back and pick everyone off one by one...Im so done
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Thursday, August 09, 2007 - 7:51 pm
BB may influence the game a little but I don't care. You can't say that tonight's show wasn't good TV. The looks ED was giving people when he realized he'd been had were priceless. Dustin pulled it off perfectly. Dustin is the biggest liar in the group and the best player. He took his own advice, "Don't trust the Donatos."
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